SRC-JLB C.S.S.B. 411 78(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 411
By: Zaffirini
Intergovernmental Relations
5/7/2003
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, provisions in the Local Government Code include a minimum
population requirement, which Zapata County does not meet, for an increase
in salaries for sheriff's department employees.  C.S.S.B. 411 authorizes a
county government in a county that has a population of more than 7,500, is
located on an international boundary, and contains no incorporated
territory of a municipality to classify all positions in its sheriff's
department and requires it to specify the duties and prescribe the salary
for each classification;  authorizes a petition to the commissioners court
of the county to increase the minimum salary of each member of the
sheriff's department; provides longevity pay for each commissioned deputy
of the sheriff's department of not less then $5 a month for each year of
service in the sheriff's department, up to and including 25 years;  and
provides that each commissioned deputy is entitled to the longevity pay in
addition to the deputy's regular compensation.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 152.071(a), Local Government Code, to authorize
a county government in a county that has a population of more than 7,500,
is located on an international boundary, and contains no incorporated
territory of a municipality to classify all positions in its sheriff's
department and requires it to specify the duties and prescribe the salary
for each classification.  

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 152.072(a), Local Government Code, to authorize
a county government in a county that has a population of more than 7,500,
is located on an international boundary, and contains no incorporated
territory of a municipality to petition the commissioners court of the
county to increase the minimum salary of each member of the sheriff's
department.  

SECTION 3.  Amends Section 152.074(a), Local Government Code, to authorize
a county government in a county that has a population of more than 7,500,
is located on an international boundary, and contains no incorporated
territory of a municipality to provide longevity pay for each commissioned
deputy of the sheriff's department of not less then $5 a month for each
year of service in the sheriff's department, up to and including 25 years.
Provides that each commissioned deputy is entitled to the longevity pay in
addition to the deputy's regular compensation.  

SECTION 4.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.